Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections (IMAGE)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections

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Six healthcare-associated infections according to their number of cases per year (x-axis), number of deaths per year (y-axis), and DALYs per year (width of bubble), EU/EEA, 2011±2012 (time discounting was not applied). DALY, disability-adjusted life year; HA, healthcare-associated

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Robert Koch Institute, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

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